mise en terre
\miz ɑ̃ tɛʁ\
The verdict
“mise en terre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enterrement, inhumation du défunt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mise-en-terre · mise en terre · French
mise en terre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mise en terre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \miz ɑ̃ tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mise en terre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mise en terre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \miz ɑ̃ tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enterrement, inhumation du défunt.".
mise en terre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mise en terre, spelled M-I-S-E- -E-N- -T-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Enterrement, inhumation du défunt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mise en terre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je regardai fixement le sergent anglais dans les yeux, celui-ci fit de la tête un signe bref pour indiquer qu'il comprenait parfaitement et, replaçant bien vite le drapeau sur la caisse, nous la portâmes sur nos épaules au cimetière et procédâmes à la mise en terre.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.